simisox: I did see Gair Allie's stats when his page came up. You might be better off starting him and trying to stack the rest of the lineup. Could he field the position? The 1954 Pirates were a pretty bad team.

1. 1951 National League Fielding Leaders [lists 5 leaders for games, putouts, assists, errors, fpct, for every position; just make sure the two guys you take are listed on that page somewhere]
2. C Bob Montgomery 1970-79 [a Fenway favorite]
3. P Charlie Schmutz 1914-15
4. * P Dave Smith 1984-85 [Angels player with no sim seasons ... not the Astros reliever. Take one of his teammates and then you'll get an AAA pitcher for him]

9. P Bill Caudill 1979-87
10. Ohio Dominican University Panthers [only one major leaguer - Jonathan Sanchez - so you can take any season of his career, and one of his teammates from the same season]
11. P Mike Cvengros 1922-29
12. 1973 Detroit Tigers batting orders [no pitchers, since they had the DH]

PS If you want, you can generate a random back-up team for me. But we'll still look for one or two wait-list owners, too.

> 6. box score 10/3/79 NLCS Game 2 Pirates at Reds (any two players who appeared in the game - I'd be surprised if you took Pirates starter Jim Bibby)

1979 George Foster (Reds), 1979 Kent Tekulve (Pirates)

> 7. Brooklyn Ward's Wonders Top 50 Batting Leaders (I think they only played the one season in 1890, so it's any two players from that season)

1890 Bill Joyce, 1890 George Van Haltren

> 8. * OF Marcus Lawton 1989

1989 Randy Velarde, 1990 Dave Winfield (to be replaced)

> 9. Buffalo Bisons Team History and Encyclopedia (this was the 1914-1915 Federal League club -- any two players, could be one from each year)

1914 Baldy Louden, 1915 Joe Agler

> 10. P Brad Thomas 2001-11

2010 Brad Thomas, 2010 Miguel Cabrera

> 11. 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers roster (pitchers, too)

1965 Jim Gilliam, 1965 Sandy Koufax

> 12. P Cuddles Marshall 1946-50

1946 Cuddles Marshall, 1946 Aaron Robinson

Wild Card: 1992 Eric Wedge

I don't have enough usable pitching...only 1250 IP I won't dread. Of course, 900 IP of that is wrapped up in '72 Carlton, '65 Koufax, and '05 Clemens. I'll be shocked if there isn't at least one justified homicide on the defense...there will be much cursing, head-shaking, and probably physical attacks as balls sail through willy-nilly. Hopefully Dodger Stadium will keep the pitch count down.

Posted by tdoak on 8/2/2013 8:43:00 AM (view original):simisox: I did see Gair Allie's stats when his page came up. You might be better off starting him and trying to stack the rest of the lineup. Could he field the position? The 1954 Pirates were a pretty bad team.

He's a C/D+ at SS. There's no way I'm trotting out that kind of D at SS.

Commish (or anyone else), can you clarify the word "corresponding" in the following: "and then roster a $200k player who I will replace before opening day with the corresponding player from my AAA draw"

Posted by dippedncrack on 8/2/2013 11:12:00 PM (view original):Commish (or anyone else), can you clarify the word "corresponding" in the following: "and then roster a $200k player who I will replace before opening day with the corresponding player from my AAA draw"

You get a SS as your player du jour, you replace him with the SS on your AAA roster.

I have a small problem in that I got two OFs. I'm going to replace them with my OF and then hope that another of my AAA guys has OF eligibility.

Posted by dippedncrack on 8/2/2013 11:12:00 PM (view original):Commish (or anyone else), can you clarify the word "corresponding" in the following: "and then roster a $200k player who I will replace before opening day with the corresponding player from my AAA draw"

You get a SS as your player du jour, you replace him with the SS on your AAA roster.

I have a small problem in that I got two OFs. I'm going to replace them with my OF and then hope that another of my AAA guys has OF eligibility.

Correct. You put a 200k player on your roster, but you'll replace the 200k player with one of your AAA players before the season starts. Sitemail me with any further questions.

reddtrain: If your other AAA guys don't have any OF eligibility, use the first baseman for your second OF.